Incidence, aetiology and temporal trend of bloodstream infections in southern Sweden from 2006 to 2019: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT: BackgroundBloodstream infections (BSI) are a public health concern, and infections caused by resistant bacteria further increase the overall BSI burden on healthcare.AimTo provide a population-based estimate of BSI incidence and relate this to the forthcoming demographic ageing western population change.MethodsWe retrieved positive blood cultures taken from patients in the Skåne region, southern Sweden, 2006-2019 from the Clinical Microbiology Department database and estimated incidence rates (IR), stratified by age (0-49, 50-64, 65-79, ≥ 80 years), sex, year, and species and described antimicrobial susceptibility for Enterobacterales.ResultsWe identified 944,375 blood culture sets, and 129,274 (13.7%) were positive. After deduplication and removal of contaminants, 54,498 separate BSI epis

SUBMITTER: Ljungquist O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9999458 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature